Paul Carr vs Uber

25.10.2012

Travis Shrugged: The creepy, dangerous ideology behind Silicon Valley's Cult of Disruption

"On bad days, I look at our revenue graph." - Travis Kalanick When Uber was forced to shut down its yellow cab hailing service in New York last week, founder Travis Kalanick threw a fit that ...

http://pandodaily.com/2012/10/24/travis-shrugged/

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This is a really interesting piece from Paul Carr, that raises some actually quite important issues. A lot, although by no means all, of those in the tech scene are strong supporters of free marker economics.

Great, so I am.

However, Carr makes the serious point that wealth generating economics, while it should be supported byt those of us who want a liberal and thriving society, cannot be wholly selfish, unrestrained and unregulated.

Well it can, but it wouldn't be a very pleasant world to live in.